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Aug 31, 2024
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2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
French Studies Major
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The objective of the French Studies major is to provide oral and written competence in the language and a solid background in the literature and culture of the countries of the French-speaking world.
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Program Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- Acquire a basic understanding of the literary, historical, social, or cultural influences that inform French and Francophone literary works
- Acquire the ability to express themselves in French, and to articulate in writing and discussion their responses to literary texts
- Develop a basic critical ability to identify, interpret, and evaluate the ideas and formal features of an integrated body of literary texts authored in the French language
- Develop a sensitivity to the plurality of meanings within a literary text authored in French
Major Requirements (40 units)
The three semesters of lower-division French language courses (FREN 101 , FREN 102 , and FREN 201 ) serve as a prerequisite but do not count toward the units necessary for the major.
Culture Course in English (4 units)
Fourth Semester French (4 units):
200-level Courses (8 units - 2 courses)
300-level Courses (12 units - 3 courses)
Electives (4 units)
Complete 4 units from the following:
400-level Courses (8 units):
Study Abroad
Students are encouraged to spend a summer in France or in another French speaking country, or a semester abroad at a French-speaking university. |
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